Party-list solon welcomes favorable SC decision
MAGSASAKA Party-list Representative Robert Nazal welcomed the Supreme Court (SC) decision to refuse issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling on his proclamation as the rightful party-list representative.
In a statement, Nazal said he wanted to start working for the party-list constituents and to all Filipino farmers and their families.
“With this ruling, we can now focus on our work in the House of Representatives and that is to introduce and pass legislation that would address the plight of our impoverished farmers,” Nazal said.
Among the priorities of Nazal is to look for legislation that will ensure food security and hunger, which are the greatest challenges nowadays.
“ We need to unite and work together to come up with urgent and concrete solutions to these challenges,” he said.
The TRO was sought by a group identified with former MAGSASAKA Rep. Argel Joseph Cabatbat that filed a petition seeking review of the Comelec ruling that favored MAGSASAKA national chair Soliman Villamin Jr., who was recognized by the poll body as the legitimate leader of the party-list organization.
Nazal belongs to the Villamin faction, which had named him as nominee of MAGSASAKA Party-List. His nomination has been upheld by the Comelec.
In its resolution dated October 4, 2022, the SC denied the application for TRO and required the Comelec and Villamin to comment within 10 days on the petition for certiorari filed by Cabatbat’s group.
The high court, however, clarified that that its action was “without giving due course to the petition.” The outright denial of a TRO clears the way for the immediate implementation of the Comelec ruling.
On October 10, the Comelec en banc issued a Certificate of Finality and Entry of Judgment in which the poll body declared as “final and executory” its ruling in favor of Villamin.
